Rory McIlroy (22yrs old) won the U.S. Open last Sunday (June 19th) with the lowest score in the history of the tournament. He was wearing what I was wearing, the Royal Oak Chronograph ref.26300 (full reference number for this particular dial configuration is 26300ST.OO.1110ST.06).

Ever since I got it last year November, I have almost been wearing this chrono on a daily basis. The size of the watch is very comfortable (39mm in diameter, but wears bigger because of the lug-to-lug size of 49.5mm) and the Newman dial is just perfect. The dial is white in the sun, silver in artificial light sources and the sub dials are dark brown/grey-ish. The large red chronograph second hand and the small red tips on the small chrono hands adds a bit of punch to the watch.

Congratulations to both Rory McIlroy (although I don’t think he reads watch blogs) and Audemars Piguet with this victory. More information about this particular watch can be found on the official AP website (here).